Why Dylan McDermott Would “Love” to Appear in Chicago Franchise

As for his current gig on FBI: Most Wanted, the Feb. 14 episode of the CBS drama finds McDermott’s character going undercover as a priest to take down a pastor and his brother who have kidnapped two teenagers in order to mutilate them into a horrific beast (think The Book of Revelation). 

For McDermott, it provided an enticing chance to dig deep and insert agent Scott into a more sinister world than ever before—one that has echoes of McDermott’s work in the American Horror Story franchise.

“Any role, you have to bring yourself into it,” McDermott said. “Otherwise, it’s no good. You don’t have a feeling for it, you’re not connected to it. And people know that. This crime world—like I did on Organized Crime, like I did on American Horror Story—this is a world that I understand. When you understand something, you can play it. When you don’t understand something, that’s when you get in trouble.”

McDermott felt especially connected to his character going undercover as a priest because of his own personal background.